This week, we throw the format out the window, kick back, and have ourselves a time... topics include Battlestar Galactica, Containerization Technology, and home made Meade!

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Episode 40: S2E7 No News is Good News

In what should come as no surprise, EA doesn’t quite grasp why they aren’t doing well: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/ea-turns-in-bummer-fiscal-report-were-disappointed-in-our-underperformance/?comments=1 Just in case you have any doubts the GPU Boom is donezo: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/06/softbank-vision-fund-sells-nvidia-stake.html I don’t think JP Morgan understands the “crypto” in cryptocurrency: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/14/18224976/jp-morgan-chase-cryptocurrency-banking-cnbc The curious drama of the iOS Enterprise certificate https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/30/18203551/apple-facebook-blocked-internal-ios-apps https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/31/18206020/apple-facebook-internal-ios-apps-restores-enterprise-certificate https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/google-and-facebook-werent-the-only-ones-breaking-apples-rules-to-distribute-apps/ Radeon VII: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/02/amd-radeon-vii-a-7nm-long-step-in-the-right-direction-but-is-that-enough/ Another rung in Microsofts ladder to SaaS: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/6/18214194/microsoft-office-365-2019-ads-comparing-software-better-word-excell-powerpower

Episode 39: S2E6 Apple's Big Red Button

Episode 38: S2E5 Audio Horror Part II

HUGE Episode! We have an exclusive interview with Cody Sullivan from our new favorite podcast: Pulp! From Beyond the Veil! We cover the Epic Games shenanigans and give our analysis: as a gamer, should you be excited or worried? Finally, PART 1 of our deep dive on recording excellent audio for your podcast. Pulp! From Beyond the Veil! www.pulpfrombeyond.com A growing trend: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/01/ubisoft-snubs-steam-brings-the-division-2-to-epics-games-store/ https://www.pcgamer.com/metro-exodus-will-only-release-on-the-epic-store-but-steam-preorders-will-be-honoured/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/a9lntx/ubisoftneedstostopwiththisalways_online/ Hardware- mics, interfaces, list of popular podcasting mics, audio cables, headphones, mixing speakers (monitors vs speakers). How to connect- Mumble, Skype, Discord, etc. New things: Zoom, Zencaster. Common problems-audio drift, central time clock in relation to radio stations and why it costs money. https://thepodcastersstudio.com/how-to-setup-a-mix-minus/ Special Guest: Cody Sullivan.

Episode 37: S2E4 Audio Horror

Linux 5.0 Inbound! (don’t get excited) https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-5-is-on-the-way/ Fuschia Incorporated into Android SDK https://9to5google.com/2018/12/11/aosp-fuchsia-sdk-device/ Freesync on Nvidia GPU’s: https://www.techspot.com/article/1779-freesync-and-nvidia-geforce/ LEAK: Microsoft to open source Windows? https://www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-employee-leaks-windows-core-open-source-components,38476.html California Judge Says 4th Amendment extends to fingers AND face https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/01/14/feds-cant-force-you-to-unlock-your-iphone-with-finger-or-face-judge-rules/#c4091bd42b76 Edge is dead! Long Live Chromium! (monocultures are always fine, right?) https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration/ Software Pick: Chromecast for FIrefox Extension https://hensm.github.io/fxcast/ Although…:https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/aiswpe/googleproposeschangestochromiumwhich_would/ https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/01/22/future-chrome-update-may-kill-ad-blocking-extensions/ Runners Up: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-to-end-so-use-android-or-ios-instead/

Episode 36: S2E3 Don't Get Excited...

I hope you weren't looking for us to actually talk about technology news this episode. We took this snowy, icy morning to just catch up on personal projects, trips, and a few tidbits in the broader world. Rest assured next week we'll get back into the mucky muck.

Episode 35: S2E2 A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing

Video game awards: https://www.polygon.com/game-awards-tga/2018/12/7/18130855/the-game-awards-2018-biggest-announcements-trailers-tga-2018 WTF Australia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/08/australias-war-on-encryption-the-sweeping-new-powers-rushed-into-law RISC-V is alive https://youtu.be/jNnCok1H3-g

Episode 34: S2E1 Far Cry: Howard Edition

Colin and Chris are out this week but we wanted to release something from the archive for your pleasure. First, we deep dive into the universe of Star Trek and then Davis joins us for a look at various Linux distros. It's an easy going Shiny Podcast, the quality of the audio should prove that point. Enjoy and see you next week! Special Guest: Davis.

Episode 33: Basement Tapes 1

Bad, bad bad bad: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180912/09265740626/eu-gives-up-open-web-experiment-decides-it-will-be-licensed-web-going-forward.shtml Microsoft will begin charging monthly fee to continue getting Windows 7 security updates: https://www.pcgamer.com/starting-in-2020-businesses-will-have-to-pay-microsoft-for-windows-7-security-updates/ Yet another reason I don't want Microsoft in charge of my desktop: https://www-theverge-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2018/9/12/17850146/microsoft-windows-10-chrome-firefox-warning?ampjsv=0.1#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F9%2F12%2F17850146%2Fmicrosoft-windows-10-chrome-firefox-warning Apple iPhone Event: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17842438/apple-iphone-event-news-updates-xs-xr-watch-4-2018 https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/12/17847226/apple-iphone-xs-vs-pixel-2-galaxy-note-s9-android-best-phone-specs A friendly reminder: You do not own all of that digital media you paid for: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180912/09473640628/you-dont-own-what-youve-bought-apple-disappears-purchased-movies.shtml Casting news for Witcher Netflix series: https://www.polygon.com/2018/9/4/17818520/witcher-geralt-henry-cavill-netflix-series https://io9.gizmodo.com/a-rumored-casting-call-has-some-members-of-the-witcher-1828911116

Episode 32: Think Different, Together.

All Press is Good Press; Unless You’re Nvidia and Want to Control the Press: https://www.hardocp.com/news/2018/06/25/nvidialookstogagjournalistsmultiyearblanket_ndas https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-can-define-markets-with-only-one-isp-as-competitive-court-rules/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/calif-senate-approves-net-neutrality-rules-sends-bill-to-governor/ Open Source and Its Role in the Future of AI: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-does-ethical-ai-mean-open-source Join us on September 21, 2018 @ 7:30 pm EST for the first ever Upstream Live presented by Hanover Strings! Elias Krell will be performing in the first of a monthly live music streamed event. www.upstreamlive.tv www.eliaskrell.com www.hanoverstrings.com

Episode 31: Nvidiaggression

Intel, you can stop shooting yourself in the foot any time now: https://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-gags-linux-distros-from-revealing-performance-hit-from-spectre-patches/ Hey remember when we talked about how you shouldn’t use Facebook’s VPN? Welp: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/facebook-violates-apples-data-gathering-rules-pulls-vpn-from-app-store/ Nvidia drops RTX 2080 and 2080Ti: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/22/nvidia-rtx-2080-gtx-1080/ But what are they actually comparing it to?: https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/275961-nvidia-claims-rtx-gpus-are-much-faster-than-pascal-by-deliberately-comparing-the-wrong-cards Fallout 76 Updates: https://old.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/96gqj1/quakecon2018fallout76panelinformationand/ Sony continues to hold firm on not allowing cross-platform play: https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/13/17684172/playstation-4-fortnite-cross-platform-play-ninja (With a healthy grain of salt EDIT actually a small one)Valve seems to be working towards Windows games running on Linux based systems with SteamOS: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valve-seems-to-be-working-on-tools-to-get-windows-games-running-on-linux/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/ https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/jwhite/2018/8/22/wine-and-steam-a-major-milestone https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/08/22/valve-changes-everything-windows-exclusive-games-now-run-on-steam-for-linux/#694528dae3fa

Episode 30: In Which Valve Changes Gaming Forever... Again...

Google announces Android 9: Pie (https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/8/17659526/android-9-pie-best-small-useful-features) Fallout 76 will not be on Steam. Annnnnnd queue the bullshit outrage (https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/274976-fallout-76-wont-debut-on-steam) In a surprise to no one with critical thinking skills, the FCC lied to Congress about the DDOS attack (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-lied-to-congress-about-made-up-ddos-attack-investigation-found/) Soul Soup (http://souperrollup.ucoz.org/) Captain Picard has returned! (https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1025840545216823296)

Episode 29: Pie Flies and Pai Lies

We are back! After a caaaaaRAZY month where we needed to find our heads and do some soul searching we jump right back into the shady, the shiny, and everywhere in between. This week we cover Google's notch law, Google does some evil, Apple does some good, and Windows throws everyone a bag of wrenches. And the Lord sayeth unto the people, there shall be 2 notches. 1 more than 1 but 1 less than 3. Much less than 4 or 5, the number of notches on thy phones shall be 2: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/31/17634058/android-p-notch-limits-google Good thing Google got rid of it’s “don’t be evil” mantra: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/01/google-censored-search-engine-china/ youtube-powered thermal-throttled MacBookPro crisis turns out to be fault of unsigned firmware, NOT poor engineering... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/we-tested-throttling-on-the-macbook-pro-now-apple-says-it-has-a-firmware-fix/ Windows-as-a-service.. The future of desktop computing is “Rent-a-center” https://www.computerworld.com/article/3293429/microsoft-windows/with-daas-windows-coming-say-goodbye-to-your-pc-as-you-know-it.html https://www.petri.com/wheres-microsoft-365-headed-next-managed-desktop ← og source article

Episode 28: Shining Again

There's no splitting hairs here: we had to take a breather last week because the news was just so bleak in the tech world we couldn't bring ourselves to do an episode on it. This week we're back with a very quick overview of that news and then immediately a pickmeup from our dear friend John Grandi who swoops in to save us. We talk a lot about Games Done Quick and E3 and if you want more in depth analysis of the bad stuff we've included the links below. Theme of the week: Long live the monopoly and a big ol’ middle finger to net neutrality: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/att-can-buy-time-warner-inc-judge-rules/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/comcast-makes-65-billion-offer-for-fox-properties-including-hulu-stake/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/disney-outbids-comcast-in-escalating-bidding-war-for-21st-century-fox/ And with not a moment to spare: https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/21/att-launches-a-low-cost-live-tv-streaming-service-watchtv/ Oh, AND: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/12174040079/att-successfully-derails-californias-tough-new-net-neutrality-law.shtml EU Parliament passes controversial Copyright Directive: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17482554/eu-european-union-copyright-filter-article-11-13-passes-juri-vote https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180620/10063840078/eu-parliamentary-committee-votes-to-put-american-internet-giants-charge-what-speech-is-allowed-online.shtml Gamesdonequick.com Intel’s 28 core 5GHz CPU is a bust and their demo was a lie: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/271211-intel-isnt-building-a-5ghz-all-core-28-core-cpu WPA3 Wifi Encryption is here! https://www.cnet.com/news/wpa3-wi-fi-is-here-and-its-harder-to-hack/?utm_source=reddit.com Supreme Court says Must Have Warrant for wireless communication (PDF!) https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-402_h315.pdf Post e3 ‘State of gaming’ Role Playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2etSAWJKTs Special Guest: John Grandi.

Episode 27: Geek Done Quick

This week we're keeping it somewhat tiny with a wrap up of this years E3 or Electronic Entertainment Expo with a heavy emphasis on Fallout 76 because, well, it 'spoded the internet.

Episode 26: F76-Bomb at E3

The continuing adventures of two geeks, friends from birth, neck deep in shiny new and rusty ole with an eye to sky and all feet on the ground. Weekly. Mostly. Shiny Podcast: following the light and throwing a little shade on the newest and brightest in today’s gaming and technology...

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